Electronic Design

Heat Convection Yields Integrated CMOS MEMS Accelerometer

Designers can use resistive IC-based thin-film microheating elements to manufacture relatively low-cost integrated MEMS accelerometers in a standard CMOS process. This novel method, developed by the ...
EDN

Memsic ships CMOS MEMS from second China facility

NORTH ANDOVER, Mass. — Memsic Inc., a developer of MEMS-based accelerometers and sensors in CMOS process technology spun out from Analog Devices Inc. in 1999, has occupied and qualified a second ...
EDN

MEMS gyro/accelerometer combo chip debuts

KYOTO, Japan—Micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) vendor Invensense Inc. Tuesday (Nov. 9) introduced the world's first integrated MEMS to include both a gyroscope and accelerometer on a single CMOS ...
Digi Times

Memsmart begins CMOS MEMS mass production

Memsmart Semiconductor, a Taiwan-based fabless IC design company, has begun mass production of CMOS-MEMS accelerometers (g-sensors), according to company president Eason Chiu. The company is initially ...
Digi Times

Memsmart to mass produce MEMS accelerometers by the end of 2008

Memsmart Semiconductor, a fabless IC design company, is planning to mass produce the first CMOS-MEMS accelerometers by the end of 2008. Since the CMOS process has the advantage of lower production ...
Design-Reuse

MEMSensing Launches the World's Smallest Commercial 3-Axis Accelerometer MSA330 with SMIC

SHANGHAI, Jan. 5, 2015 -- MEMSensing Microsystems Co., Ltd. ("MEMSensing"), a pioneer in MEMS sensor design and products development in China, and Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation ...
Machine Design

MEMS accelerometer

The MXC6226XC MEMS is said to be the world’s smallest, fully integrated, two-axis digital accelerometer. It is made using a 0.18-μm CMOS process and advanced wafer- level packaging (WLP). The ...
Design-Reuse

UMC Produces Customer CMOS-MEMS Sensor Products

HSINCHU, Taiwan, January, 19, 2011-- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that the company has produced customer ...
Electronic Design

MEMs-Based Accelerometer Liberates Space

Freeing up space in portable designs, the LIS344AL logs in as a cost-sensitive MEMS-based accelerometer sporting an ultra-compact 4 mm x 4 mm x 1.5 mm footprint. Its plastic-package houses a robust ...
Semiconductor Engineering

MEMS Goes Mainstream

Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are well known for enabling innovative capabilities for devices that range from vehicles and gaming to smartphones and tablets—and increasingly in personal ...
technologynetworks

Baolab Creates Nanoscale MEMS Inside the CMOS Wafer

Baolab Microsystems has announced a new technology to construct nanoscale MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) within the structure of the actual CMOS wafer itself using standard, high volume CMOS ...